Perhaps the basic direction that this seems to be going in is that the
preferences system needs a hard look at. Many applications have an order
of magnitude more options than the SL viewer -- but their preferences UI
and the organization of preferences and categories of preferences (and
sometimes multiple levels of preferences) makes that all navigable.
Does the whole prefs UI need revision - if the existing system isn't coping?
Ron Blechner wrote:
Yeah, it'd be like saying, "Let's not put cruise control in a car
because we can't figure out where to put the button." I don't see the
need to put it in preferences at all, as it's such an integral feature
with voice. But that question seems ... secondary ... to whether
lipsync is on by default.
-Ron / Hiro
On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 10:53 AM, Moriz Gupte<[email protected]> wrote:
Gordon, let's look at history. Color TVs. In particular, evolution from
black and white TV to color TV. My grandma used to have a color TV set. It
had all kinds of controls that I cannot dream of having today. The controls
reflected the unanticipated technological features that got injected into
the TV set. You had Red Green Blue controls (each with dials), Another color
control, in passing, a full blown equalizer for sound (let's not go there).
For some people color was a luxury...or even something to mess up the
'quality' of the artistic experience. Evolution has a tendency to kill
things that are not needed. Today I find it hard to find a TV set with an
easily accessible control to turn off color.
This is just an example. We can look at every device in the real world and
trace back the history of its interface and u will see that. From cars,
planes to anything...
OK. This is my last word on this topic, promise.... we have already
discussed about face processing and its importance in immersion, turn
taking, expressiveness, footprint issues..and I think there are good chances
the right decision will be made.
On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 8:49 AM, Ramesh Ramloll<[email protected]> wrote:
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On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 6:55 AM, Gordon Wendt<[email protected]>
wrote:
Kent, then don't put it on by default. You can't really have it both
ways, if you have it on by default then there has to be an easy way to turn
it on and off and advanced is not an easy way. I agree that prefs is
already overcrowded but if you can't spare room in prefs for new items then
maybe STOP PUTTING NEW FEATURES ON BY DEFAULT. The caps are meant just to
emphasize my point btw not to be rude.
-Gordon
On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 12:42 AM, Kent Quirk (Q Linden)<[email protected]>
wrote:
Given the excessive complexity of the preferences dialog already, we
should take every opportunity to remove things from prefs, and there should
be a VERY high bar for adding anything to prefs. It's all too easy for open
projects to grow massive preferences systems and configuration files because
the outcome of most feature debates is to compromise and add a preference.
In this case, especially given that it already lives in Advanced, I
strongly recommend we not move it to Preferences.
Q
On May 1, 2009, at 7:12 PM, Gordon Wendt wrote:
No no and no, if it's optional then by all means hide it in advanced
but if you have it switched on by default you have to have an easy way to
turn it on and off which means the preferences, otherwise don't turn it on
by default.
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